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REACHING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accomplishment of an objective
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reaching" is a kind of...):
accomplishment; achievement (the action of accomplishing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reaching"):
attainment (arrival at a new stage)
advent; coming (arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous))
Derivation:
reach (reach a goal)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of physically reaching or thrusting out
Synonyms:
reach; reaching; stretch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reaching" is a kind of...):
motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reaching"):
outreach (the act of reaching out)
Derivation:
reach (move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb reach
Context examples:
It is estimated to have occurred about 110 years ago in a dusty region of the Galaxy that blocked visible light from reaching Earth.
(Trigger for Milky Way’s Youngest Supernova Identified, NASA)
These houses were quite small, the biggest of them reaching only as high as Dorothy's waist.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
I was aware of a hungry out-reaching for her, as of a starving man for bread.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
In addition, diazepinomicin is able to cross the blood-brain barrier, thereby reaching therapeutic concentrations in the brain.
(Diazepinomicin, NCI Thesaurus)
These antibodies may help keep nicotine from reaching the brain, which can help reduce a person’s craving for nicotine.
(Nicotine vaccine, NCI Dictionary)
High blood pressure (3/23), reaching 154+/-1.0 (SEM) mmHg at 10 weeks of age (Tanase et al 1982).
(OM, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)
This was the knowledge of herself, on the first question of inquiry, which she reached; and without being long in reaching it.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
It was plain she was not to be interfered with, and at that rate, since I could in no way influence her course, what hope had I left of reaching land?
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
By a desperate effort we might just clear the coach before reaching the mouth of the bridge.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I may say in answer to your original question that I have not cleared my mind entirely on the subject of this case, but that I have every hope of reaching some conclusion.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
